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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Year of 5 Emperors| > |Pescennius Niger| > RS84163
Pescennius Niger, April to 1 June 193 - March, April or May 194 A.D., Ancient Counterfeit
|Pescennius| |Niger|, |Pescennius| |Niger,| |April| |to| |1| |June| |193| |-| |March,| |April| |or| |May| |194| |A.D.,| |Ancient| |Counterfeit|, Pescennius Niger was declared emperor by his troops after the murder of Pertinax. Septimius Severus, after consolidating his own forces and taking Rome, marched upon Niger and defeated him three times. After a fourth and final defeat at Issus, Niger fled towards Parthia but was overtaken and executed.
RS84163. Fouree silver plated denarius, cf. RIC IV 70c (solid silver, official, Antioch mint), Fair, pierced, unofficial counterfeiter mint, weight 2.194g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, die axis 180o, obverse IMP CAE PESC NIGER IVST AV (or similar), laureate head right; reverse ROMAE AETERNAE (to eternal Rome), Roma seated left on throne, wearing in military attire, Victory in right hand, spear vertical behind in left, round shield behind resting at base of spear; SOLD










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